Society of Behavioral Medicine 2016 Conference

Researchers from the Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health presented a total of seven poster and four oral presentations at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 2016 conference in Washington D.C. Throughout the various conference sessions MTH was well represented, with researchers presenting on a variety of topics ranging from initiation of waterpipe tobacco smoking to the use of Twitter to assess reactions to a television medical drama. Furthermore, two of the presentations were chosen by the reviewers and program committee as an “excellent submission”, and MTH statistician Ariel Shensa’s poster was featured in an article by Reuters UK, a rare feat for a poster presentation. The following is a list of the individual presenters and the titles of their presentations: